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==== The Watchman ==== | ==== The Watchman ==== | ||
The Watchman Peak trail begins from the Watchman Overlook parking lot, about | The Watchman Peak trail begins from the Watchman Overlook parking lot, about 3.8 miles northwest of Rim Village.<ref name=CLInst2>{{cite web|url=http://www.craterlakeinstitute.com/planning-visit/activities/trail-watchman-peak.htm |title=Watchman Peak Trail |publisher=Crater Lake Institute |accessdate=6 May 2016}}</ref> The trail is 0.8 miles long with a 420 ft elevation change.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.americansouthwest.net/oregon/crater-lake/watchman-trail.html|title= Watchman Trail, Crater Lake National Park|last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= |website= The American Southwest|publisher= |accessdate=11 June 2014}}</ref> It is a steady uphill trail on an isolated mountain on the west rim of the crater, with several switchbacks, providing wide views of Crater Lake and Wizard Island. Several nearby landmarks are visible from the summit, including [[Mount McLoughlin]], [[Mount Thielsen]], [[Union Peak]], [[Mount Scott (Klamath County, Oregon)|Mount Scott]] and the [[Klamath Basin]]. The trail ends next to a historic fire lookout tower built in 1932.<ref name=CLInst2/> | ||
==== Lightning Spring ==== | ==== Lightning Spring ==== | ||
